Battery Disposal

Information on the Disposal of Used Batteries

The following information is directed at those who use batteries or products with built-in batteries and no longer resell them in the form in which they were supplied (end-users):

1. Free Return of Used Batteries

Batteries must not be disposed of with household waste. You are legally obliged to return used batteries to ensure proper disposal. You can hand in used batteries at a municipal collection point or at local retailers. As a distributor of batteries, we are also obliged to take back used batteries, whereby our take-back obligation is limited to used batteries of the type that we carry or have carried as new batteries in our product range. Used batteries of the aforementioned type can therefore either be returned to us with sufficient postage or handed in free of charge directly at our shipping warehouse at the address given in the imprint.

2. Meaning of the Battery Symbols

Batteries are marked with the symbol of a crossed-out wheeled bin (see below). This symbol indicates that batteries must not be disposed of with household waste. For batteries containing more than 0.0005 percent by mass of mercury, more than 0.002 percent by mass of cadmium, or more than 0.004 percent by mass of lead, the chemical symbol of the respective pollutant is located below the wheeled bin symbol - "Cd" stands for cadmium, "Pb" for lead, and "Hg" for mercury.